---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a defendant's fitness to proceed; and to amend and reenact sections 12.1‑04‑04, 12.1‑04‑06, 12.1‑04‑07, and 12.1‑04‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a defendant's fitness to proceed."
description: "Relating to a defendant's fitness to proceed; and to amend and reenact sections 12.1‑04‑04, 12.1‑04‑06, 12.1‑04‑07, and 12.1‑04‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a defendant's fitness to proceed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1181 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc5d8110-33bf-4321-a5b8-3d495b08ce9f"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1181.html"
source_hash: "f4b73891efafd1b155d5a82d538f14ba070bbe4aac9f4e90373064a9cddd71a0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1181 (67) — Relating to a defendant's fitness to proceed; and to amend and reenact sections 12.1‑04‑04, 12.1‑04‑06, 12.1‑04‑07, and 12.1‑04‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a defendant's fitness to proceed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0480-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0480-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0480-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0480-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0480-05000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0480-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Skroch — cosponsor (person)
- Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-08** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Received from House
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-16** Concurred
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc5d8110-33bf-4321-a5b8-3d495b08ce9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).